Zatanna
YC W26San Francisco, US · Founded 2025 · 2 employees · 1 known investors
Zatanna reverse-engineers the network traffic behind web portals and APIs to create stable, callable endpoints for AI agents. The platform serves startups in healthcare, logistics, hospitality and other sectors that need programmatic access to internal tools and portals without public APIs.
Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (W26)
Zatanna was founded in 2025 by Alex Blackwell and Tarun Vedula.
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Alex BlackwellinCo-founder · CTOAlex Blackwell serves as CTO at Zatanna and previously worked at Pikkit on anti-bot circumvention technology.
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Tarun Vedulain𝕏Co-FounderTarun Vedula is CEO of Zatanna and studied at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
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Competitors · 5
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ScrapingBee3 shared keywordsScrapingBee provides a web scraping API that converts web pages into clean, structured data formats (Markdown, plain text, or parsed JSON) for training AI models and extracting data at scale. The platform handles JavaScript rendering, proxy rotation, and CAPTCHA challenges to simplify data collection workflows.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Zatanna do?
- Zatanna reverse-engineers the network traffic behind web portals and APIs to create stable, callable endpoints for AI agents. The platform serves startups in healthcare, logistics, hospitality and other sectors that need programmatic access to internal tools and portals without public APIs.
- Who founded Zatanna?
- Zatanna was founded by Alex Blackwell, Tarun Vedula in 2025.
- Who are Zatanna's investors?
- Zatanna's investors include Y Combinator.
- Where is Zatanna headquartered?
- Zatanna is headquartered in San Francisco, US.